BRITISH POLITICS.

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume XLII, Issue XLII, 10 February 1908, Page 3

BRITISH POLITICS.

TH3 IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT. (Pee 33 Association.— Copymcht.) LONDON, Saturday. In the House of Commons Mr Dickinson's Bill to abolish plural voting in London, and to provide for continuity of registry in case of removal from one district to another, and to extend the hours of polling, was talked out. The "Times" states that it is rumoured that although asked at the last moment to materially reduce the estimates, the Admiralty stood firm by what it regards as the minimum compatible with national safety. Mr Winston Churchill, Under-Secre-tary for the Colonies, addressing the League of Young Liberals, said one of the greatest problems of the Empire was at Home, namely, the condition of the people. The problem of unemployment had the Achilles heel of civilisation upon it, and the Socialists and Tariffites fastened thereon like greedy vultures, hoping to be carried into power. He was not prepared to say that all! men should be equal, but nobody should have everything until everybody had something. The trend of the Liberal policy must be to increasingly build a minimum standard of life and labour.